Clarence E. Schultz

Posted: Wednesday, Oct 3rd, 2012BY: Staff

Clarence Schultz

MENDOTA - Clarence E. Schultz, 97, a resident of Mendota Lutheran Home died Sept. 26, 2012 at the home.

Services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 1 at Community United Methodist Church, LaMoille with Rev. Sang Myung Park officiating. Burial was at Elm Lawn Cemetery, Princeton. Visitation was from 4-6 p.m. on Sept. 30 at the Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota.

Mr. Schultz was born Nov. 7, 1914 in Nashville, Ill. to Otto and Bessie (Hicks) Schultz. He married Viola Wade on Jan. 21, 1939, who is the mother of his children. He married Margaret Grosch-Kleckner on Feb. 4, 1966.

He was preceded in death by his second wife in December 1983, three brothers and three sisters.

Mr. Schultz was a member of Community United Methodist Church in LaMoille. He farmed for many years in the LaMoille area and was employed by Farm-Supply in Princeton as a petroleum truck driver and later by Mendota Farmers Co-op before his retirement.

Memorials may be directed to Community United Methodist Church, LaMoille or the Mendota Lutheran Home.